The Throne

27

Anna's POV

"Ah there's the lady of the hour. Everyone meet Princess Annabeth." The commanding officer, I assume, says.

All the men in the room turn and look at me.

"Just Anna is fine." I say.

"Alright. Ty, Clint, Marcus, and Danny you four will be Anna's protection for today."

"What exactly are we doing sir?" One of the big burly men asks.

"Anna" The CO says and motions for me to speak.

"I work with the HALO Trust and today we are going to be searching for EOD's and removing them so they don't hurt anyone...the only bad thing is where we are going is in Taliban territory."

The platoon then runs through what will happen on a map and then we load up into a truck and make the journey to the site to begin working.

"Shit I forgot how hot is." I say.

"Yeah it sucks." Ty says.

"I can't even imagine carrying all that gear you guys have in this heat."

"It sucks." Danny says.

"So why did you decide to work here?" Clint asks.

"Well my mum took me with her sometimes when she would go visit sites and after she passed away the memories always stuck with me. I've always liked helping people so when the opportunity arose for me to be able to work her I jumped on it."

"How successful are you guys?" Marcus asks.

"Since 1988, HALO Afghanistan has destroyed over 692,000 mines, nine million items of large calibre ammunition, and 45.4 million bullets."

"Damn."

"EOD" someone yells.

"Alright let's get to work." I say.

My team and I get down to work and everything is going great until something screams past my head making me stop then gunfire erupts.

"PRINCESS DOWN." Someone says then I'm yanked down as a bullet sails over my head.

"Come this way." Ty says and I follow him back to the armored trucks.

Once we reach a truck I'm pushed inside and other people follow.

"Princess you're bleeding." Someone says.

2 seconds later an explosion rocks the truck.

Well this can't be good.

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Christen's POV

The game today was good. We beat France 2-1. Right now we are in the dining room eating and talking.

"CHRISTEN" Mal yells from behind me.

I turn around and see Mal is pointing at the tv screen which causes everyone to stare at the screen.

"Princess Annabeth was working with the HALO Trust in Afghanistan and was visiting an EOD site when the group was ambushed. The Princess was being rushed to safety when she was shot. She was rushed to Bagram Air Base. No reports at this time of the extent of her injuries or her condition..... We've just received word that there are four casualties "

"No...Please no." I whisper then my knees buckle.

"I got you." Ash says and brings me into a hug.

"She can't be dead Ash...I need her." I say and try to hold in my tears.

"She's okay." Ali says and brings me into a hug.